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Jes Beard

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« Reply #240 on: December 25, 2015, 03:57:03 pm »
Tis the season for giving, Jes. I gave you something to rant about.  You're very welcome!


Whether you are referring to my three line post or my two line post, if either are rants, I must be getting very efficient at it.

JR

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« Reply #241 on: January 15, 2016, 10:25:54 pm »
Iowa, just wanted to say from following your FB posts that I'm glad we're on the same page on this year's election this time around.  :)

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« Reply #242 on: January 25, 2016, 03:35:16 pm »

davep

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« Reply #243 on: January 25, 2016, 03:57:58 pm »
Does that chart include gun suicides?  If so, it is pretty meaningless.

Can you give us one that only compares gun MURDERS?  Or would that show that guns are good, rather than bad for citizens?

CUBluejays

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« Reply #244 on: January 25, 2016, 04:05:56 pm »

CurtOne

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« Reply #245 on: January 25, 2016, 04:34:48 pm »
That settles it.  Ban charts.

Robb

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« Reply #246 on: January 25, 2016, 05:46:55 pm »
So in DC gun ownership is the lowest at nearly 3.6% yet gun murders are more than double the next highest at 16.5%.  So is that chart supposed to be damning to gun ownership?  Unless I am reading it wrong the percentage of gun ownership is not a predictor of gun murders.  In fact it's all over the place.  i guess like with most stats, you can pull out whatever you want depending on your agenda.

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« Reply #247 on: January 25, 2016, 07:16:06 pm »
when did we start moving the crazy from bears over to here?

To robb's point you can probably charge Gun Murders vs Population of people earning below 2x poverty lvl and get the same graph you have above with a trend line slapped onto it.

CUBluejays

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« Reply #248 on: January 25, 2016, 08:34:48 pm »
So is that chart supposed to be damning to gun ownership? 

My chart?  Nope, just the raw numbers that Dave was asking for. Through in population density to the poverty that Method mentioned and I think you'd get a much more meaningful graph for murders.

CurtOne

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« Reply #249 on: January 25, 2016, 09:15:04 pm »
when did we start moving the crazy from bears over to here?

Davep has always been here.

JR

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« Reply #250 on: January 25, 2016, 10:36:42 pm »
ISF, just wondering what are the tea leaves telling you in Iowa?

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« Reply #251 on: January 26, 2016, 12:23:58 am »
That we're "F"d whether we end up with Hilary or Trump.

But that's the last time Ill even click on this topic.

JR

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« Reply #252 on: January 26, 2016, 12:52:34 am »
That we're "F"d whether we end up with Hilary or Trump.

But that's the last time Ill even click on this topic.

Actually that's probably the best, most accurate post in the history of the Politics topic.

davep

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« Reply #253 on: January 26, 2016, 09:59:52 am »
For decades, we have had to choose which candidate was least bad.  This year, it might be a tie.

Robb

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« Reply #254 on: January 26, 2016, 10:38:48 am »
I am not excited about anybody on either side.  If this country can not only elect, but overwhelmingly reelect Obama, I have no faith whatsoever things will ever change.  Throw Republicans in the White House and you'll just get more of the same.  Throw Dems in charge in Congress and more of the same.  They are all beholden to their donors.  Re-election is the most important consideration on every vote and bill.  Growing the power of the government is all they ever do, both sides.  This will seemingly never change until it all blows up like Greece.  Although Greece is a firecracker to our nuke.